AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2026 Issue 1; Ask the Editor
Adverse Effects of Injectable Non-Insulin Antidiabetic Drug
A patient with prediabetes presents to the emergency room with complaints of nausea, vomiting, and epigastric abdominal pain. In the final diagnosis, the provider documented drug-induced acute pancreatitis without infection or necrosis due to Ozempic. Is it appropriate to assign code T38.3X5A, Adverse effect of insulin and oral hypoglycemic [antidiabetic] drugs, initial encounter, for the adverse effect of this injectable medication?
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